MW 2 : Just a bad game ?

[Akai Shizuku]

I never played MW2, but I have its DS equivalent, Mobilized, and I think it's one of the best FPSes I've ever played.

Oh, and its campaign is much longer than MW2's.

 

[ohgodalex]

I liked it. I enjoy playing it. Why the fuck do you care what my opinion is?

Honestly, it's not so much the fanboy rants that get to me, because they're nothing new to anyone that grew up in a town so madly in love with a sports team as Lincoln, NE. But the cynics who feel the need to loudly express their disbelief that anyone could possibly enjoy something that they didn't? They're the people I can't stand.

 

[The Buck Stops Here]

The campaign was really cinematic and cool, even if it was short. It didn't make as much sense as the first one did, but there were some really cool points that stood out, and Price is still such a badass, it makes up for the down time parts. The ending was really awesome as well.

Multiplayer is alright, except for silly perks like Commando Pro(aka the Halo 3 Sword perk), and not having a system where you get the two best guns in the game first. It was pretty cool to level up in the first Modern Warfare, because you had the AK and the M16 - the two best multi-purpose guns in the game, along with the MP5 and the M40, the best submachine gun and sniper, and you could jump in and actually have a chance against people 50 levels above you. Now it's really dumb when they all have AC130 gunships that deploy flak to deflect Stinger missiles, and people use ACRs that tear through the pitiful FAMAS you start off with.

 

[park92]

its a good game thuogh

 

[azncutthroat]

It's bad, alright... I'm spending all of my waking moments playing it, and I have to finish 3-4 essays across 2 days. Not to mention my college application...

BAD MODERN WARFARE 2!! VERY BAD FOR GETTING ME ADDICTED TO YOU!!

I guess the only good thing is that I play "No Russian" to relax...

 

[CancerDog]

I didn't even read your post, stop hating on a game because its trendy to. For that matter stop hating on a game period. You don't have to play it, you don't have to buy it, and if you bought it and didn't like it, too bad, do your research first.

 

[Jumplion]

with a confusing at best storyline.

Am I the only one here who honestly thought the storyline was fantastic because it relied on the player to connect the dots instead of spoon feeding them every little bit of information?

I feel like I'm in the minority on that one.

Bleh, I got a bit confused towards the end.

Spoiler: Pretty major spoilers here, seriously, a bucket load

I still don't get why Shepard betrays and kills you, what exactly was the purpose of that? And why did Price launch the nuclear missile thing from the submarine (or from what it seemed like to me)? And why exactly does Shepard betray you? And why is it that every character I play that Infinity Ward seems to want to kill off (seriously, the novelty kind of wore off after CoD4 did that, and every single damn character you play except for Soap at the end, gets killed off dramatically and it's pretty freakin' annoying)? And what is this oozing liquid out of my chest? Was I just shot?

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There's nothing wrong with "spooning" the story or letting the player connect the dots, but dammit those dots weren't exactly easy to find.

As for the OP, so? Why should we care? I'm so happy that you took the time to complain to us, I'm assuming you're playing the PC version from your complaints. Personally, I am enjoying it though I'm glad I'm renting it from Gamefly as the multiplayer will only hold me on for so long (Hell-O Assassins Creed 2!)

 

[DalekJaas]

The game is good as, the single player took me a few days to finish as I have better things to do which you obviously don't. It was thoroughly entertaining

The multiplayer is not laggy at all for me, and if your a noob who can't work out one shot from the stinger blows up any enemy 'power up' then you deserve to fail. And the stinger is relatively easy to unlock.

 

[Xanadu84]

I wanted to take issue with MW2, but you just can't unless 1) You're an insufferable anti-fanboy or 2) You are a pretty significant outlier. Campaign is short, yes, but at the rate people are going, pretty soon people are going to talk about how its campaign is 35 seconds long. It's, "Game that includes many non-single player features" short, not Portal short. Unless you are an idiot savant or makeing stuff up, you can find a challenge. The story is pretty wacky, but no moreso then a stylized action movie. And contrary to whiners, it does make sense. There's a reason for all of it, and though it might not fit in a Hurt Locker or Jarhead movie, it would certainly be pretty down to earth next to James Bond. The set pieces were stylized and varied, the game looks good on the surface, and Spec Ops is a nice addition. In Multiplayer is where people REALLY start whining. Dedicate Servers are missed. It would make the game better to have that option, and PC Gamers were given the shaft over this. It was irresponsible to jack up the price and then remove features. But the matchmaking is NOT GOING TO RUIN YOUR DAY! Ive had significant lag once, and then I discovered a friend had a torrent running. Once in a great while the game switches hosts, and I have to wait 5 seconds. I have no problems playing with friends, and Ive seen a clan community starting up. It's a nuisance, but you're just being silly if you think it makes the game unplayable. Besides, jury is still out over whether or not they had a good reason for wanting to ensure people were useing there matchmaking system, not including the option just makes them over zealous. And everything about the multiplayer is, quite simply, a refinement of the original. If you actually don't like it, and arn't just primed for hate, then I sympathize: We all encounter excellent games which we personally just don't like. But its pretty obvious that there refinements are well thought out.

Overall, I would give an 8 out of 10. It's a solid game. It refines an excellent experience, and then takes a few pointless steps back. The soul of the games mechanics is great, some of the bookkeeping is just a little dicey. If you could like this sort of game, you likely will. If you don't, well more power to you, but yes, you are a little weird.

 

[Hiphophippo]

It's threads like these that make my 15 hour veteran playthrough feel inadequate. I, of course, blame the controller. I'm so bad at fps games with them.

 

[Jekken6]

My brother bought MW2 for 360, this is the first CoD campaign i've ever played and have almost beaten it on Veteran. Also, while the graphics are almost as good as Killzone 2 in some parts while running at 60FPS, the visuals are a little inconsistent in terms of quality.

The game also doesn't have infinitely respawning enemies, but to make up for that, there's still a fuckload of enemies.

Also, friendly AI is kinda shit. They can absorb amoo like a fridge, yet they insist on staying behind cover and all that instead of bum-rushing ahead, which cannot kill them, just slow them down.

I can kind of grasp parts of the story, but the way it's told is absolutely shit. The briefing missions thing is incredibly dull. And the different perspective of grunts who don't say anything ever, i can understand that IW are going for 'different perspectives of war' thing, but it doesn't work if your characters are all faceless grunts. That's why i skipped most of the 'story telling'. And the whole 'Gordon Freeman' effect has only worked properly in the Half-Life series as a whole. The only mission it fucking worked was 'No Russian', but I digress. Good story, told horribly.

The gameplay, however, is solid and fun. It's like CoD4, but it's still fun and challenging (on Veteran atleast). And some of the set pieces are amazing, intense and James Bond like. I like that.

The multiplayer, i've played a little on my brothers gold account and it's nothing special. Bad Company is better, Killzone 2 is better and TF2 is better. But it's pretty fun, i won't get addicted to it like a crack whore, but i probably will play it occasionally.

 

[QuickDEMOL1SHER]

Why did it get 9.0+? same reason Halo 3 did

Yeah it was the same reason. THEY ARE BOTH GREAT GAMES!
Seriously people, you guys should stop nitpicking and just enjoy it.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

God dammit! The forum is fucking CRAWLING with MeW Two threads!
I found it awesome, I got goosebumps from many moments, I really loved the nuke above Washington - spoiler warning and I enjoyed it. I don't care about multiplayer so I don't judge it.

The game is more like a war movie. You just sit through it and enjoy the ride. Sure it's short, but I've got Dragon Age to compensate for every short game I've ever played!

 

[LongAndShort]

I like the game and don't think it deserves all the hate. Maybe it helps I got it for the 360, but I just found it a solid, really fun game.

 

[Areck]

I've only played the first (did not like it), but I got to say, people are acting like sheep it seems. I'm gonna wait until I visit a friends house and play the game to judge, I don't trust word of mouth or media attention. I really feel though that this game will fall short with me though, just like the first. Congrats to the devs and everything, but damn this is... shoddy.

 

[SantoUno]

MW2 is like the new Halo 3. Extremely hyped, everyone bought it, and now everyone hates it because it isn't the best game in the history of ever. I mean, I'm sure people don't like it because they simply don't like it, but there are also two other groups of people. Those who don't like it because the game didn't live up to their astronomically high expectations, and those who don't like it because its popular.

MW2 does have that extra element of controversy though.

Totally agree with this.

I don't even have the game and I know I will adore it when I get it. Why? I loved playing CoD4 over and over again online, I know that MW 2 retains the same single player and multiplayer experience and adds more to it and innovates it. Same with Halo 3, awesome single and multiplayer components that make it replayable.

So yeah it's true, a lot of fuckwits here trash MW 2 just because to them a game has to be perfect to deserve high scores, and when professional reviewers consider it a great game they trash their credibility for not feeelignt he same way about the game's flaws.

 

[SantoUno]

Why did it get 9.0+? same reason Halo 3 did

Because they were decent games with a sturdy multiplayer fanbase on the console? Am I the only one who belives that Halo 3 deserves the score it got?

OT: I understand that a lot of people are upset with the PC version of the game, but the console version is said to be better. The best thing you can do with it right now is return it and wait for Bad Company 2 or another Military FPS.

Of course not, I feel the same, just that not many voice their opinion because all the haters' cries are louder.

 

[Gardenia]

MW2 is somewhat like a Michael Bay film. Spectacular and shiny, but when you get down to the core, it's little more than a shooting gallery.

 

[asinann]

I played it. I found it definitely mediocre. I like (unfortunately like yahtzee) the offline play. And I have found the 6 hours story line very easy and predictable. The online capabilities are dull, same ol', same ol' FPS style fighting thing.

Why did it get 9.0+ on all reviews??

Because reviewers like their free crap, and Activision stops sending it if you give their games a bad score. A game reviewer was FIRED for giving a heavily hyped game a bad score not too long ago.